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Piper nigrum

DEFINITIONS OF: Piper nigrum

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n climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam

Synonyms:
Madagascar pepper, black pepper, common pepper, pepper, white pepper
Type of:
pepper vine, true pepper
any of various shrubby vines of the genus Piper
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